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Monday, July 11, 2011

Bastille Day New York 2011

Yesterday was BASTILLE DAY NYC 2011 and yours truly was there bien sur. MACARONS made a major showing this year!Mad MacNYC always has the best deals - I bought a whole flat of 48 macarons for research purposes! about to MAKE MACARONSchez moi PBers!It's true. Pls. pray for moi I'm begging you. This will be way harder than resolving FACEBOOK.FACEBOOK CONTEST WINNERS will be announced TOMORROW!MacarOn Cafe was there.... With a huge number of flavors. Even Patisserie Poupon from Baltimore showed up with 6 macs for $6. Financier did not bring their macarons - I don't know why?

I am setting in the Tampa Fl airport waiting for a flight to Ecuador and a note fell out of my of my bag from my recent trip to Paris to research Cafe Richard. Out of all the Google choices I chose your blog. What a lucky pick. Reading you blog and lookinig at your wonderful art has taken most of the pain out of this adventure. Thank, Ken

These macarons look very good! When I was in NYC, this Bastille Day always made me laugh! It's funny to see all these French cuisine in just one place. You chose the right dishes, for sure. le 14 juillet c'est bientot en France avec les fabuleux feux d'articile du Champs de Mars. I'll be there and tell you!

Wow! Another Bastille celebration? I'm going to have to come over next year to NYC, then fly back in time for the French one on the 14th! Fantastic array of goodies - love all your photos and can feel that ambience... fantastic!P.S. not praying for you on making the macarons - you won't need it and will be just fine. :-)

You'll do great, I just know it: anything you throw yourself into turns to gold, Carol. You'll be the queen of macarons before you know it. Good luck! Pictures, m'lle!! This looks like it must have been good fun.

Dear Carol, Trust me,you will need prayers! I tried making macarons here, TWICE. Each time they turned out not-so-great (that's putting it mildly.....) I'm thinking since you're such a smart chick, you will have much better luck.

How wonderful. It looks fantastic and the nearest thing to being in France. I am embracing Bastille day myself with French friends on thursday - it should be so much fun and I am looking forward to it. I seem to have missed something with your little contest - too much traveling. X

48 for research purposes? Your research does involve taste tests non? It must! At least a few of them bien sur madame! Everything looks delicious!I always wanted to go to Paris on Bastille day ever since I saw "Paris When It Sizzles."

Kentucky pastry chef Stella of the blog Bravetart swears that macarons aren't hard or mysterious. Maybe her macaron myth busting post will help if you need your nerves calmed or steeled. Bon chance! And do tell.

I'll have to make my way to NYC next year for quatorze juillet. You've given me yet another reason to visit NY (never been, can you believe that?)And I'm 100% sure by then, you will be the NY Queen of Macarons....and we'll all be buying your macs!

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